Chip Barnett is a journalist with almost 50 years of professional experience. He started his career at the Gannett Newspapers in Westchester County, N.Y., working his way up from back-shop compositor to Senior News Editor. Barnett later worked for Thomson Reuters in Manhattan, covering state and local government finance as a Reporter and later Executive Editor for TM3.com and as Editor in Charge of Municipal Finance for Reuters News. Later, he was the Editor of Municipal Finance Today at SourceMedia. Barnett has also worked for DebtWire/Municipals and has written about commercial real estate in South Florida and the Midwest for both The Real Deal and Globe Street. Barnett is currently a Reporter at The Bond Buyer.
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New York paper continued to be in high demand in front of the July 1 redemption date, according to a market source.
June 28 -
Low income New Yorkers face more delays and service disruptions in the subway commutes than their wealthier neighbors, according to a new study.
June 27 -
Municipal bonds were stronger on Wednesday as bond buyers saw big deals come from New York and California issuers.
June 27 -
Municipal bonds were stronger Wednesday as bond deals from New York and California were coming to market.
June 27 -
Municipal bonds were little changed Tuesday as a continuation of the June-July reinvestment season made for brisk demand.
June 26 -
Municipal bonds were little changed Tuesday as traders saw big note and bond deals hit the market, led by issuers in California and New York.
June 26 -
Municipal bonds were little changed on Monday as supply concerns prompted Bank of America Merrill Lynch to cut its 2018 forecast to $365 billion of issuance.
June 25 -
Ryan Pratt has joined Moody's as vice president of Southeast business development.
June 25 -
Bank of America Merrill Lynch has revised its forecast for yearly municipal bond volume down to $365 billion.
June 25 -
Municipal buyers expect the city of Los Angeles to hit the market running as it plans to competitively sell almost $1.9 billion of notes and bonds.
June 22 -
Municipal buyers will see a $5.3 billion new issue calendar next week, with the biggest deals coming out of Los Angeles.
June 22 -
Municipal bonds held onto gains as buyers saw two big deals come to market on Thursday.
June 21 -
Municipal bond buyers were seeing the last of the week’s big sales come to market as munis were stronger in quiet secondary activity on Thursday.
June 21 -
Municipal bonds were stronger on Tuesday as California’s $1.7 billion tobacco bond deal received $15 billion in orders.
June 20 -
Municipal bonds were stronger on Tuesday as California’s big tobacco bond deal was priced for institutions.
June 20 -
Municipal bonds were ending stronger on Tuesday as several large, high-grade deals led by Georgia and Denver swept into the market.
June 19 -
Municipal bonds were stronger on Tuesday as several large deals swept into the market.
June 19 -
Municipal bonds held firm on Monday ahead of the week’s two biggest deals on opposite ends of the credit spectrum.
June 18 -
Municipals were mostly stronger at mid-session, as the market waits for the start of the week’s moderately sized new issue calendar.
June 18 -
Builders’ confidence in the market for new single-family homes slipped this month.
June 18
